Real-Time Berlin: Where Data gets Moving

Join a curated group of engineers & product leaders for an evening of practical insights & honest lessons learned from teams that are operating real-time systems at scale.

Real-Time Berlin: Where Data Gets Moving brings together engineering, platform, data, and product leaders for an evening focused on the practical realities of real-time data architectures. Taking place on October 5, 2026, the event features expert talks, real-world case studies, and peer exchange around event streaming, machine learning platforms, and scalable data infrastructure.

Participants will gain insights into real-time data processing, event-driven architectures, Kafka ecosystems, and AI-ready data platforms. Speakers from Delivery Hero, Zalando, and Confluent will share lessons learned from operating large-scale production systems and enabling data-driven innovation.

Highlights include sessions on live ML feature stores, Zalando’s API-first event streaming platform Nakadi, and the evolving outbox pattern for modern data architectures. The program concludes with networking, food, and drinks, providing opportunities for attendees to exchange ideas with peers and industry experts.

The event is designed for data engineers, software engineers, platform teams, architects, product leaders, and technology decision-makers who are building, modernizing, or scaling data-intensive products and services.

Date: October 5, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: IBM iX Germany GmbH, Chausseestraße 5/2. Hinterhof, 10115 Berlin
Organizer: Confluent, an IBM Company
Admission: Free participation upon approval; registration required
Audience: Engineering, platform, data, and product leaders as well as professionals working with data, AI, analytics, and event-driven systems
Focus: Real-time data, event streaming, Kafka, machine learning platforms, AI infrastructure, data architecture, and peer networking